Chapter 53 : The Time is Here

I sat on the edge of my bed, gripping my phone so tightly my fingers ached. The screen remained dark. No new messages. No missed calls. Just silence. The same deafening silence that had followed me for five years.

Reid lay beside me, curled up in his blanket, his tiny face peaceful. If only I could close my eyes and make time stop. But I couldn’t. Because I knew that sooner or later, the questions would come.

And this time, I wouldn’t have answers.

Lucien was back. And worse—he was looking for us.

My chest tightened as I forced myself to breathe. I...